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BRASSICA RAPA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Brassica rapa mean?
• BRASSICA RAPA (noun)
The noun BRASSICA RAPA has 1 sense:
1. widely cultivated plant having a large fleshy edible white or yellow root
Familiarity information: BRASSICA RAPA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Widely cultivated plant having a large fleshy edible white or yellow root
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Brassica rapa; turnip; white turnip
Hypernyms ("Brassica rapa" is a kind of...):
turnip plant (any of several widely cultivated plants having edible roots)
Meronyms (parts of "Brassica rapa"):
white turnip (white root of a turnip plant)
turnip greens (tender leaves of young white turnips)
Holonyms ("Brassica rapa" is a member of...):
Brassica; genus Brassica (mustards: cabbages; cauliflowers; turnips; etc.)
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